Business mentors help returning veterans find jobs in pilot programDuring his tour tours in Iraq, Chris Petrosini had one of the most dangerous jobs in the military — handling security for logistics patrols in and around Baghdad. But when the Army veteran returned home to Flemington at the end of 2008, he entered a different kind of hostile territory — the New Jersey job market. Citing enormous challenges faced by returning veterans in the job market, the New York nonprofit Veterans Across America launched a pilot program connecting business-world mentors with veterans to help them transition to civilian life. The Champion Mentor program, modeled after a similar program at Rutgers University, is open to family members of veterans and has started to show results. After completing the first six-month program, about 65 percent of the initial 50 mentees have found jobs, according to the VAA. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger)